We are hitting temps in the mid-80s today.
The garlic plants are full of scapes as of two days ago. Scapes are the seed heads that are sent up each year. I'll have to cut them all off and make pesto. It's the most garlicky thing I will it, basically raw ground up green garlic with nuts and olive oil. If I allow them to fully form, they make little bulbils at the top of the plant that can be planted again. It's a lot easier to cut them off and then just replant the cloves in the fall, which separate about this time.
I saw a lightning bug the other day. They will be coming soon in waves. They are a great indicator of the general numbers of insects in the air. We went for a bike ride the other day and were getting eaten whenever we stopped.
The peonies are pretty much done, but other flowering trees have taken over. We can now see lots of little green apples on our trees, and very small, very green raspberries starting to form.
Angelica flowers, Queen Anne's lace and Wild Parsnip are all present in wetter areas. There are some irises out there too.
There are a couple of flowers on the pea plants. And the cherry tomatoes have flowered as well. One of the broccoli plants has a small flower on the inside. Last year I picked broccoli a month from today.
Spinach is pickable as "baby spinach" leaves. I will let them get a little larger. Arugula is pickable. The first planting of lettuce (little gem) is just about ready to pick. The first planting of radishes is probably ready to harvest as well. So salads every night for dinner for the next month. I will plant more radishes and lettuce in the spots that are opened up through harvest.
The pole beans are sending out their tendrils, looking for something to hang onto. I've set up trellises that are about 6 feet high.
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